Mr D Junior Category Marketing Manager

Mr Da division of the Takealot Group is looking for a highly talented Junior Category Marketing Managerto join our team in Cape Town.

We are a young dynamic hyper growth company looking for smart creative hard-working people with integrity to join us!

Think youve been challenged before Think again!

• Scale: Show the millions of Mr D customers what you can do
• Learn: We work with the best of the best and then some.
• Grow: Expand your career in the fast-growing Takealot Group: Mr D and TFS. We like to promote from within: Heres your chance.

This position reports to the Senior Category Marketing Manager for Retailof Mr D.

Your responsibilities will include:

Campaign Execution & Demand Generation

• Execute marketing activities to drive traffic orders and conversion rates across Retail verticals
• Support channel execution including push notifications in-app messaging email paid social merchandising and organic content
• Coordinate briefs and deliverables with internal teams agencies and partners to ensure on-time launches and operationally manage various campaign deliverables
• Manage campaign workbacks timelines and status trackers; flag dependencies and risks early
• Ideate and Manage creative assets ensure spec compliance and manage approvals through the process

Promotional Planning & Calendar Management

• Maintain and update the Mr D Demand Planner and promotional calendars for Retail initiatives
• Own weekly updates to the Demand Planner inputs; ensure accuracy and flag slippages proactively
• Coordinate weekly deals and monthly promotional campaigns aligned with business objectives
• Set up and QA promotions vouchers bundles and offers to drive order volume and average order value
• Oversee daily tracking of coupon budgets allocated for marketing activities
• Plan and coordinate monthly coupon budgets to align with marketing strategies and objectives

Category-Specific Marketing (Retail/Shops)

• Deliver tailored campaigns for Shops Anchor Tenants and Grocery categories to drive sustained growth
• Develop in-depth knowledge of consumer target market groups to co-create meaningful promotional strategies
• Collaborate with Retail Merchandising and Category Manager teams to develop and implement campaigns aligned with the promo calendar
• Maintain merchandising inputs (collections placements copy updates) in coordination with Merchandising and Ads teams
• Pull and review category performance data to identify trends and opportunities for acquisition retention and reactivation
• Support onboarding tasks for new retail partners and categories (asset collection listing readiness checklists)

Feature Launches & Educational Content

• Drive new feature launches and create sustained always-on educational content on product features and differentiators
• Coordinate launch assets help content FAQs and in-app placements for retail features
• Prepare internal enablement materials (one-pagers how-tos) for commercial and support teams
• Assist with rollout communications (email/push/in-app) ensuring customer education content is accurate and on-brand

Data-Driven Decision Making & Reporting

• Pull daily weekly and monthly reports and maintain dashboards for key KPIs (traffic conversion AOV total orders)
• Compile post-campaign reports/readouts summarising performance insights learnings and next steps
• Maintain excellent data hygiene: complete UTM coverage accurate tagging and consistent tracking
• Coordinate with analytics and product teams to ensure tracking coverage for all campaigns and promotions
• Execute basic A/B tests (subject lines creatives audiences regional variations) and document learnings

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Engage with brand content performance and social teams on through-the-line Retail and Mr D brand campaigns
• Liaise with social media team on monthly content planning preparation and paid influencer partnerships
• Coordinate influencer deliverables and tracking; maintain up-to-date influencer content logs
• Work with performance media and CRM teams to create and implement strategies to grow orders and first-time buyers
• Collaborate with Takealot Group marketing representatives for Retail-specific campaigns to cross-sell and access new shoppers

Market Share & Brand Awareness

• Support brand-building and market-differentiation initiatives in the retail delivery space
• Assist with on-the-ground activations partnership executions and campaign asset localisation
• Help deliver cohesive campaigns that elevate the Mr D brand across touchpoints

Skills knowledge and abilities:

• Strong execution mindset with excellent organisation and attention to detail; able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams
• Data-literate with solid Excel/Google Sheets skills (pivot tables VLOOKUPs conditional formatting)
• Working knowledge of analytics tools (GA4 or similar) and comfortable interpreting campaign performance data
• Familiarity with CRM platforms (e.g. Braze Asana or similar) and basic ad platforms (Meta/Google Ads) preferred
• Comfortable with CMS/merchandising updates and asset specifications; basic Canva or design skills are a plus
• Clear written and verbal communication; strong collaborative stakeholder management skills
• Proactive curious and eager to learn in a fast-paced test-and-learn environment
• Proven academic track record and career success

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree (3 years) in Marketing Business Communications or related field
• 3-5 years of retail and marketing experience (Retail/FMCG eCommerce marketplace or app-based environments strongly preferred)
• Experience working across multiple marketing channels - Digital ATL CRM Partnerships - with demonstrable results
• Proven track record of delivering projects on time and to brief
• Internship or placement experience welcome if accompanied by hands-on execution across CRM paid social or merchandising tools

Lets talk about life @ Mr D

• The power is in your hands: We offer a market-related Total Remuneration Package which allows full flexibility according to your needs. Go on be the master of your own destiny.
• No doors: We arent fans of stuffy offices or siloed work environments. See someone you like High five collab and make something great.
• Online Learning: Share ideas and grow with global industry leaders who are all just a Slack message away. Love to learn Up-skill with free access to courses on ProsusAcademy and more.
• Good times: Get to know the other extraordinary minds in the takealot group during regular social events and out-of-office activities (think hikes think mini golf think good times).
• Birthday leave: Cake Day all the way. Enjoy your day off - you deserve it.
• Help when you need it most: Confidential counselling legal support and financial guidance for free anytime anywhere.
• Free parking: No more 5km fun runs to your desk (unless you want to).

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If you meet the above you are an Extraordinary Mind. Apply today!!

Mr D is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants from previously disadvantaged groups and people with disabilities will be given preference